Steamship "California," 1849

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Scanned by

Smithsonian Institution

Notes

Sized, cropped, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 24, 2008.

Depicted ContentFirst ship in regular service from New York to California via Cape Horn arrives in San Francisco

Image type

print

Courtesy of

Smithsonian Photography Initiative, Smithsonian Institute

Original caption

U.S. Pacific Mail Ship California

Source citation

National Postal Museum

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